Noun: cometa
Gender:
Nominative
| Singular | comēta |
| Plural | comētan |
Genitive
| Singular | comētan |
| Plural | comētena |
Dative
| Singular | comētan |
| Plural | comētum |
Accusative
| Singular | comētan |
| Plural | comētan |
Sample Sentences
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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
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An. DCLXXVIII Hēr atēowede comēta se steorra on Auguste ⁊ sċān III monðas ælċe morgen swilċe sunne bēam. (Year 678 In this year a comet star appeared in August and shone like a sunbeam each morning for three months.)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin comēta, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “long-haired”). See: Latin Nouns '
comēta'.
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